Man charged for allegedly assaulting 84-year-old during dispute over Joe Biden sign, deputies say

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by: Jack Shea

Posted: Oct 28, 2020 / 04:11 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 28, 2020 / 05:47 PM EDT

COSHOCTON, Ohio (WJW) — Emotions are running high with the presidential election less than a week away, and it has landed a Coshocton County man in hot water with the law.

An 84-year-old Coshocton resident called 911 on October 22 and reported that he had been punched and kicked by an acquaintance.

The elderly victim told the 911 dispatcher, “I had a guy come down here and just kick the living daylights out of me.” The dispatcher asked, “Do you know what it was about, why he did it?” The victim replied, “well yes, it was about a political sign.” The dispatcher replied, “my goodness gracious.”

The victim, who is a Joe Biden supporter, reported that 69-year-old Melvin Wallace of West Lafayette, who is a Donald Trump supporter, attacked him because the 84-year-old had a Biden sign in his yard.

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https://fox8.com/news/man-charged-for-allegedly-assaulting-elderly-neighbor-over-joe-biden-sign-deputies-say/

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"Emotions are running high"?!? How about thuggish, fascist, unamerican behavior encouraged by the thing infesting that White House?

[captain queeg]

1. Weird. Just heard from my sister yesterday and asked how it looks in OH. She has a cabin in

Coshocton now. Id never heard of the place before. But she said it is still trump country in rural areas.

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2. Ohio seems to be the armpit of the country, from what I read here.

No interest in ever visiting, though I have lol, but I certainly won’t return.

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3. I stopped in Toledo once for gas, but when I drive east, it's usually just a straight shot through

Ohio from Michigan until I get to Pennsylvania. But they do seem very proud to advertise the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center along I-80.